Ali Monica - Love Marriage A Novel - Paperback

Binding: Paperback
Description: Named a Best Book of 2022 So Far by The New Yorker! Cultural clashes political satire Oedipal conflicts elegant prose they re all here in this romp of a book. Oprah Daily A Phenomenal Book Club Pick and a New York Times Book Review Group Text Selection Love Marriage is a glorious moving novel from Booker Prize shortlisted Monica Ali who has an inborn generosity that cannot be learned (The New York Times Book Review). In present - day London Yasmin Ghorami is twenty - six in training to be a doctor (like her Indian - born father) and engaged to the charismatic upper - class Joe Sangster whose formidable mother Harriet is a famous feminist. The gulf between families is vast. So too is the gulf in sexual experience between Yasmin and Joe. As the wedding day draws near misunderstandings infidelities and long - held secrets upend both Yasmin's relationship and that of her parents a love marriage according to the family lore that Yasmin has believed all her life. A gloriously acute observer of class sexual mores and the mysteries of the human heart Monica Ali has written a riveting (Book Page starred review) social comedy and a moving revelatory story of two cultures two families and two people trying to understand one another that's sure to please Ali's fans and win some new ones (Publishers Weekly).
Title: Love Marriage A Novel
Author(s): Ali Monica
Publisher: Scribner
Barcode: 9781982181482
Pages: 448 Pages
Language: English
Publication Date: 4/4/2023
Category: Modern & Contemporary Fiction